On July 10, 2025, Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
> Thank you for championing this cause and trying to get the word out.
> Why wouldn't this be something that the Audubon Chapters in the state
> supported and used they position to write letters? Maybe the calls of
> many could interest them in doing something more.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List <ARBIRD-
> <L...> on behalf of Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-
> <request...> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2025 6:40 AM
> To: <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
> Subject: BOBWHITES SINGING IN FORMER BEATY PRAIRIE
>
> Yesterday’s birding and prairie flowering trip to former Beaty Prairie
> in western Benton County yielded a number of pleasant surprises. One
> that gave me most pleasure was hearing Northern Bobwhites calling from
> six separate places, mainly in the area of Leonard Ranch X Schoolhouse
> roads. Overall, good bird activity generally:
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S258607230> > None of once extensive Beaty Prairie is in public ownership, but old
> Beaty survives in a few spots, mainly rights-of-way along local roads.
> It is totally blazing with native prairie flora now. I wrote up a
> guide and suggestions for seeing this. I gave it the name Beaty
> Prairie Botanical Area, though this designation is just mine. I never
> managed to interest anyone in the highway department to actually try
> and preserve this:
> <https://nwarkaudubon.org/Places%20to%20Bird%20PDFs/BEATIE%20PRAIRIE%20BOTANICAL%20AREA%20in%20August%202011.pdf> > If you aunt and uncle, or even your second cousin, knows anyone high
> up in highways, maybe you could whisper in their ears about saving the
> beauty of these stands of Ashy Sunflowers, Prairie Blazing Stars, and
> some of all the amazing rest of our native prairie flora in Northwest
> Arkansas City.
>
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